 Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's...  Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq - Page 367by William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745Full view - About this book
 | Philip Withers - English language - 1822 - 414 pages
...despise such vain and imaginary Distinctions. Who noble Ends, by noble Means obtains, Or, failing smiles in Exile, or in Chains, Like good Aurelius let him...or bleed Like Socrates, that Man is GREAT indeed.* If under serious Conviction of its final Importance, I thus consecrate a Page of my Essay to Religion,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates;—that man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancied life in others' breath; A thing beyond... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 pages
...Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains. Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed 235 Like Socrates, that Man is great indeed. NOTES. encomiums bestowed on him by two such judges of... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 368 pages
...Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains. Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed 235 Like Socrates, that Man is great indeed. encomiums bestowed on him by two such judges of men as... | |
 | Allen Fisk - English language - 1822 - 192 pages
...noble ends by noble means obtains, Or, failing, smiles in exile or in chains ; Like good Anrelius, let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. Our hearts are fasten'd to this world,' By strong and endless ties ; But every sorrow cuts a string,... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...aspect, and a smile at heart. True greatness. Who noble ends, by noble means obtau Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or blec Like Socrates that man is great indeed. The tear of sympathy. Nor the bright stars, which night's... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1823 - 236 pages
...to travel born, Our sabbaths are but few. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him...or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. .. Our hearts are fasten'd to this world, By strong and endless ties ; But every sorrow cuts a string,... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1877 - 454 pages
...Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or, failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him...or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. DR. JOHNSON. 1709-1784. SAMUEL JOHNSON, one of the great literary men of his time, was born in 1709... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or, failing, smiles m H5"0 — Poft 1623. GREATNESS : transient. WHERE are the mighty thunderbolts of war? The Roman Caesars and... | |
 | William Darrah - 1877 - 206 pages
...prunella ! Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or, failing, smiles in exile and in chains ; Like great Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates ; that man is great indeed. What's fame ? a fancied life in other's breath — A thing beyond us e'en before our death. A wit's... | |
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